Alferd — boys' name

What the Data Says About Alferd

The Social Security Administration has registered 957 babies named Alferd between 1891 and 1976, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alferd currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alferd performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 223 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Alferd shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Alferd in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alferd in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 957 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.